Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A. Revanth Reddy. File
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Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A. Revanth Reddy on Wednesday wrote an open letter to the tenant farmers within the State, assuring them that the Congress social gathering was dedicated to the Warangal Farmer’s Declaration and promised to implement it in phrase and spirit as soon as the social gathering rides to energy in a couple of months.
In a three-page letter, Mr. Reddy mentioned Congress social gathering’s high management to the grassroots employees take into account Warangal Declaration because the Bhagavad Gita and added that the social gathering wouldn’t disappoint the farmers, significantly the tenant farmers. Stating that bringing ‘Rythu Rajyam’ (farmer-centric rule) was the social gathering’s dedication, the TPCC chief requested the folks and farmers particularly to attend for an additional 100 days to see Congress coming to energy.
The PCC chief mentioned that tenant farmers who’re the actual cultivators are experiencing hell, not getting crop loans, Rythu Bandhu funding assist of compensation for crop harm.
He identified that 40 per cent of the cultivable land within the State was within the possession of twenty-two lakh tenant farmers however the authorities didn’t present any concern for them. As a outcome, the banks are unwilling to present loans, which forces them to method the moneylenders for crop funding. He regretted that 80 per cent of the farmers ended their lives resulting from lack of compensation in case of crop loss and resulting from excessive curiosity burden.
Lamenting that the farm sector was in disaster, Mr. Revanth Reddy mentioned because of the BRS authorities’s ill-conceived insurance policies, the variety of crops in Telangana has not solely been broken, however the farmers have additionally suffered badly.
He mentioned the Warangal Declaration introduced by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi envisaged Indiramma Rythu Bharosa Scheme and promised to supply funding help of ₹15,000 per acre per yr to the land proudly owning farmers and tenant farmers as nicely.
Source: www.thehindu.com
